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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Cocksure \Cock"sure`\, a.
1. Perfectly safe. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk
invisible. --Shak.
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2. Quite certain. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he
readily promised me. --Pope.
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3. overconfident; -- of people; as, the team was so cocksure
of winning that they didn't practice in the week before
the big game.. [Colloq.]
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Cocksure \Cock"sure`\, a.
1. Perfectly safe. [Obs.]
We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk
invisible. --Shak.
2. Quite certain. [Colloq.]
I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he
readily promised me. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
cocksure
adj : marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure
materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to
speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more
positive he gets" [syn: overconfident, positive]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
cock-sure
a.
(alternative form of en cocksure)
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
cocksure
a.
(lb en informal) Too confident; overconfident.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
cock-sure
a.
(alternative form of en cocksure)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
cocksure
a.
(lb en informal) Too confident; overconfident.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
cock-sure
a.
(alternative form of en cocksure)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
cocksure
a.
(lb en informal) Too confident; overconfident.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
cock-sure
a.
(alternative form of en cocksure)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
cocksure
a.
(lb en informal) Too confident; overconfident.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
cocksure
Englanti a.
liiallisen itsevarman oloisesti varma, tyhmänrohkea
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/
مغرور
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/
наперен, самонадеян
overconfident
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/
suverénní
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/
domýšlivý
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/
sebejistý
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/
přehnaně sebejistý
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/
[dated] selbstsicher, von sich überzeugt/eingenommen, überheblich [psych.]
"He is rather too cocksure for my liking." - Für meinen Geschmack ist er ein bisschen zu sehr von sich überzeugt.
"Don't be so cocksure!" - Sei dir da nicht so sicher!
see: cocksure arrogance
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/
itsevarma
overconfident
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/
1. पूर्ण~रूप~से~निश्चित
"He is so cocksure that he's not ready to take anybody's advice."
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/
samopouzdan, samosvjestan
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
cock-sure /kˈɒkʃˈʊə/
1. arcátlan
2. holtbiztos
3. magabiztos
4. elbizakodott
5. önhitt
From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
cocksure /ˈkɒkʃɔ:/
zbyt pewny siebie
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
cocksure /kˌɒkʃˈʊə/
1. kendinden fazla emin, kendine fazla güvenen.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "cocksure":
arrogant, assured, certain, confident, convinced, decided,
determined, hubristic, overconfident, oversure, overweening,
persuaded, poised, pompous, positive, proud, reassured, secure,
self-assured, self-confident, self-important, self-reliant, sure,
unafraid, undoubting, unfaltering, unhesitating, unwavering
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 确信的,深信的,独断的;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 确信的,深信的,独断的
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